She is asking why mother is not able to understand feelings of young girls. Maran is dream hero for young girls, every body wants to have a glance of him and dream about him. Can’t mother understand this, did she become old without ever being a young girl who dreamt about heroes?

Poem is on a Pandya king.

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About Muttollaiyiram (Three Times Nine Hundred)

Anthology of poems on on Pandya,Chera, Chola kings. Poet: anonymous

The work should have been 900 poems on each of Chera,Chola,Pandya kings. But only 46 on Chola, 23 on Chera, 60 on Pandya kings have survived.

The poems are dated to between end of 6th-10th c. A.D .According Dr.Kamil Zvelebil the collection ‘Contains some exquisite and delicate verses of high craftsmanship. Some portions showing the king’s procession developed later into ula. The work must have been very popular and influential since it is often quoted and referred to by commentators. ‘